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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Chrome OS: “Turning On a PC Should Be Like Turning On Your TV”

tv_static_googleDirect from Google headquarters, and liveblogged by John Paczkowski, Google’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management and Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for Google Chrome OS, explain some of the advantages of the operating system: Speed, simplicity and security.

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Google’s Chrome OS: “It Just Works”

photo Speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans this past July, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said of Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS, “Who knows what this thing is?” Today, he found out. The operating system, a direct challenge to Microsoft Windows, was on display at a media gathering at the company’s HQ this morning, and in the words of Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, it is intended to make computing a “delightful” experience.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

AOL Spinoff Set for Dec. 9

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YouTube, Univision and Google: The Three Amigos

three_amigos_ver2-770439Univision, home to Spanish-language TV staples “Sabado Gigante,” “El Show de Cristina” and “Tormenta en el Paraiso,” is coming to YouTube. This morning, the Spanish-language media outfit announced a deal that will see its programming featured on Google’s video site.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Apple Finally Gets Around to Updating Apple TV

movies_hero20091014It has been about two years since Apple last released a major firmware update for its Apple TV platform, so the release of Apple TV 3.0 today will come as welcome news to those who own the device. 3.0 is largely as rumored: Adding support for both iTunes LP and iTunes Extras.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Google Back in a Buying Mood

ericschmidt_fancyhandsSome words of reassurance for econalypse-addled entrepreneurs worried about an exit strategy: Google really is in a buying mood again. Discussing the company’s latest earnings on a conference call Thursday, CEO Eric Schmidt said Google is looking for businesses to buy, perhaps even big ones.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

New From Google Labs: Google Plutocrat

sergeymoneydiveThe broader advertising recovery may take time, but search advertising is clearly beating a hasty path back toward normalcy. Or it is in Google’s case anyway. Reporting third-quarter results after market close Thursday, the search giant posted revenue of $5.94 billion, an increase of seven percent compared to the third quarter of 2008.

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Weekend Update: 10.10.09–The Textplosion Edition

Sometimes life’s irony smacks you in the face. Sometimes BoomTown smacks you with it instead.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Eolas Sues Internet

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Three years after squeezing a settlement out of Microsoft for alleged infringements of its controversial patent on embedded Web applications, Eolas Technologies hopes to do the same to a bunch of other big tech outfits. This morning, the research and development company filed suit against nearly two dozen companies, including Amazon, Apple, Adobe and Google.

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Monday, October 5, 2009

$11,115 Toshiba TV Can Time-Shift Owners into Bankruptcy

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Toshiba has seen the future of television: A 55-inch, liquid-crystal display jacked into a three-terabyte set-top box capable of displaying eight high-definition broadcasts at once. What is this TV among TVs, this holy grail of couch potatoans called? The Cell Regza 55X1. And it costs $11,115.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Streaming Video Better on Pre Than on iPhone?

nflThough it got off to a slow start, Palm’s App Catalog is slowly evolving into the ecosystem for which the company had hoped. It recently surpassed four million downloads and is poised for a bit of a growth spurt now that more applications have begun to appear on its virtual shelves. Indeed, in the last week, the number of applications available for the Pre increased by 40 percent to 58.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Sony E-Book Links Readers With Libraries

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Yahoo: Testing a More Google-Like Search Experience

yhoogleYahoo’s search advertising partnership with Microsoft and its embrace of Bing don’t mean the company has given up on its search business. During a presentation at its headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday, Yahoo unveiled a number of new features in its search product that show it’s intent on competing with its new partner in the only way it can–by mimicking the features of Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, and Google’s search engine as well.

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Snow Leopard Ships Aug. 28

snowleopardThe Apple Store went offline earlier this morning and when it returned, its homepage featured Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard. Available for preorder today, the next iteration of the Mac OS will ship Aug. 28 as a $29 upgrade.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Google Acquires On2 Technologies

acquisitions_thumbGoogle’s acquisitive appetite has returned. This morning the company said it will acquire On2 Technologies, which develops video compression technology, for $106.5 million. A stock-for-stock transaction, the deal will see each share of On2 exchanged for 60 cents worth of Google class A common stock.

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

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